From a cliff-hugging home to one of the country’s largest medical research facilities the awarded projects represent NSW’s best new architecture across 12 categories.

The state’s most prestigious honour, the Sulman Medal for Public Architecture, went to Westmead Millenium Institute by BVN for successfully bringing together staff from six sites within a ‘singular place of calm engagement’.

‘This is a project where every aspect has been considered. The sensitivity and deftness of this consideration has transformed the building’s logic into an uplifting and inspiring environment for collaboration and research,’ the jury said.

At the other end of the scale, the coveted Wilkinson Award for Residential Architecture – Houses (New) was awarded to the Institute’s 2015 Gold Medallist Peter Stutchbury for his cliffside project, Light House.

‘The jury was unanimous in their decision … it is a remarkable and exquisite outcome on a tight, complex site – the edge of a cliff, 80 metres above the sea. This home is poetic and investigative, and a delight to experience,’ the jury noted.

Adaptive reuse projects were big winners on the night picking up accolades in several categories including Sustainable Architecture and Commercial Architecture, demonstrating the value and opportunities of giving existing buildings new life.

JPW’s intervention of 50 Martin Place, one of the city’s most significant heritage buildings, for Macquarie Bank took out the Sir Arthur G Stephenson Award for Commercial Architecture along with a Commendation for Sustainable Architecture and the COLORBOND® Award for Steel Architecture. ‘The new works touch lightly on the most important heritage areas of the building [while] more dramatic interventions have brought the building up to Macquarie’s demanding workplace standards,’ the jury said.

The NSW Government Architect’s Office also won multiple awards for their reinvention of a building which they originally designed in 1967. Cameraygal (formerly Dunbar building) was a Brutalist-style science laboratory which has been transformed into a centre for learning and innovation for TAFE with increased connections to outdoor spaces. The project received honours in the Educational, Heritage and Sustainable categories.

Projects that received Awards and Named Awards are now eligible for the National Architecture Awards which will be announced in November.

Full list of winning projects:

Commercial Architecture

Sir Arthur G Stephenson Award – 50 Martin Place by JPW

Award – TransGrid Headquarters by Bates Smart

Award – The GPT Group’s Wollongong Central by HDR Rice Daubney

Educational Architecture

William E Kemp Award – UTS Science Faculty, Building 7 by Durbach Block Jaggers Architects & BVN

Award – Camperdown Childcare by CO-AP (Architects)

Award – Charles Perkins Centre by Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp + Building Studio (architects in association)

Award – Cameraygal (formerly Dunbar building) by NSW Government Architect’s Office

Commendation – Sustainable Buildings Research Centre (SBRC) – University of Wollongong by COX Richardson

Enduring Architecture

Award – Buhrich House II by Hugh Buhrich

Heritage

Greenway Award – The Abbey, Johnston Street, Annandale by Design 5 – Architects

Award (Creative Adaptation) – Irving Street Brewery by Tzannes Associates

Commendation (Creative Adaptation) – Cameraygal (formerly Dunbar building) by NSW Government Architect’s Office

Commendation (Creative Adaptation) – Legion House by Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp

Commendation (Creative Adaptation) – House McBeath by Tribe Studio Architects

Award (Conservation) – Bronte House, Restoration & Management by Clive Lucas Stapleton & Partners

Commendation (Conservation) – Melrose House by Tropman & Tropman Architects

Interior Architecture

John Verge Award – Bankstown Library and Knowledge Centre by Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp

Award – St Barnabas Church by Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp

Commendation – Charles Perkins Centre by Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp + Building Studio (architects in association)

Public Architecture

Sulman Medal – Westmead Millennium Institute by BVN

Award – St Barnabas Church by Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp

Commendation – Bankstown Library and Knowledge Centre by Francis- Jones Morehen Thorp

Commendation – Shoalhaven Cancer Care Centre by HASSELL

Residential Architecture – Houses (Alterations and Additions)

Hugh and Eva Buhrich Award – Orama by Smart Design Studio

Award – Walter Street Terrace by David Boyle Architect

Award – Courtyard House St Peters by Reg Lark Architect

Commendation – Howe Allan House by Ian Moore Architects

Residential Architecture – Houses (New)

Wilkinson Award – Light House by Peter Stutchbury Architecture

Award – Balmoral House by Clinton Murray + Polly Harbison

Award – Nikki Maloneys by Drew Heath Architects

Commendation – Alexandria Courtyard House by Matthew Pullinger Architect

Commendation – Garden House by Tzannes Associates

Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing

Aaron Bolot Award – Studios 54 by Hill Thalis Architecture + Urban Projects

Award – CASBA by Billard Leece Partnership + SJB Architects in association with BKH Interiors

Award – Polychrome by David Boyle Architect

Commendation – DHA Lindfield – Tubbs View + Hamilton Corner by Bates Smart

Commendation – Finlayson Street by Candalepas Associates

Commendation – Pelican Street by Candalepas Associates

Commendation – The Kensington by Fox Johnston

Small Project Architecture

Robert Woodward Award – Copper House by Takt | Studio for Architecture

Award– Sydney Opera House Recording Studio by Scott Carver

Commendation – Bresic Whitney, Hunters Hill by Chenchow Little

Commendation – Tempe House by Eoghan Lewis Architects

Commendation – AGL Lakeside Pavilion by Kennedy Associates Architects

Sustainable Architecture

Milo Dunphy Award – Sustainable Buildings Research Centre (SBRC) – University of Wollongong by COX Richardson

Award – Cameraygal (formerly Dunbar building) by NSW Government Architect’s Office

Award – Polychrome by David Boyle Architect

Award – Bankstown Library and Knowledge Centre by Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp

Award – Nikki Maloneys by Drew Heath Architects

Commendation – 50 Martin Place by JPW

Urban Design

Lloyd Rees Award – Wollongong City Centre and Crown Street Mall Renewal by NSW Government Architect’s Office

Award – The GPT Group’s Wollongong Central by HDR Rice Daubney

Award – Tamarama Kiosk and Beach Amenities by Lahz Nimmo Architects

Commendation – Chatswood Transport Interchange by COX Richardson and DesignInc Joint Venture

COLORBOND® Award for Steel Architecture

Award – 50 Martin Place by JPW

Commendation – The GPT Group’s Wollongong Central by HDR Rice Daubney

Additional Prizes

IALD Lighting Prize – The GPT Group’s Wollongong Central by HDR Rice Daubney

Blacket Prize – NSW Aboriginal Child and Family Centre Gunnedah by NSW Government Architect’s Office

NSW Premier’s Prize – Shoalhaven Cancer Care Centre by HASSELL

City of Sydney Lord Mayor’s Prize – UTS Science Faculty, Building 7 by Durbach Block Jaggers & BVN

NSW President’s Prize – Helen Lochhead, Deputy Government Architect

Emerging Architect Prize – Brendan Murray, JPW

Marion Mahony Griffin Prize – Justine Clark, Architectural editor, writer and critic

Adrian Ashton Prize for Writing and Criticism – Parlour

David Lindner Prize – Andrew Daly and Kevin Liu, TYP-TOP Architecture Office